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Subject:Re: Significant improvment: Less wind deflection
From:Stephen Grisanti
Date:Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:43:55 -0700

>Try the...Governor Nice bridge

Guaranteed fun in a Westy and especially on a
motorcycle!

Stephen

--- VW Doka <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Kim,
>
> Those may be longer than the Golden Gate, but I'll
> better none of them have
> a higher roadway...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List
> [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of Kim Brennan
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 12:52 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Significant improvment: Less wind
> deflection
>
>
> I've been across the Golden Gate and the
> Oakland/SanFrancisco Bay
> bridge. Frankly, none of those bridges are all that
> scarey.
>
> Try the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, the Francis Scott Key
> Bridge, or the
> Governor Nice bridge (all in Maryland). Those are
> all long TALL
> bridges, which get up above all the local
> topographic features to get
> real strong winds.
>
> There are some folks that won't drive across the
> Chesapeake Bay
> bridge. The others are a little off the beaten
> track, but offer
> stupendous views (assuming you have the chance to
> view anything
> instead of concentrating on the road...)
>
>
> On Sep 14, 2007, at 2:28 PM, Geza Polony wrote:
>
> > I tried this and, yes, it works--those high winds
> across the SF Bay
> > bridges
> > aren't near so hard to deal with. Steering's also
> easier and it
> > didn't seem
> > to make much difference on bumps.  I have
> questions about tire wear
> > at these
> > pressures. Has anyone done this long term?
>

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